Subject: Re: BSD licensed compress/gzip for NetBSD
To: None <skrueger@europe.com>
From: Chris Pinnock <cjep@fawlty.net>
List: current-users
Date: 02/25/2004 14:52:02
On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 02:22:13PM +0000, skrueger@europe.com wrote:
> >>> or awk.
> >>>
> >>> christos
> >> which awk? there's nawk in src/dist/nawk/ and src/usr.bin/awk/
> >>
> >
> > The one in dist is my guess.
> >
> > christos
> src/usr.bin/awk builds nawk, it's just not connected,
> maybe we should do that now?!

There are still some issues to be resolved before this can become our 
default awk. I think the list is at src/usr.bin/awk/TODO.

(But I have used nawk successfully instead of gawk on some NetBSD 
systems for months and not noticed difficulties.)

Regards,
Chris